Mishka POV
Seeing him walk away felt like watching someone head into a war… or worse, like he was already fighting one inside himself and couldn’t speak about it.
After he met with his mother, something in him had shifted.
His energy—his presence—felt dimmer.
It was like I was talking to a shell instead of the man who had been holding me, teasing me, loving me only hours ago.
‘I can’t get Crash to tell me what’s going on, but he said Carter is having a difficult time accepting your leaving. I’m not sure why though.’
Rose’s voice tightened something in my chest, because I did know.
He was hurting.
And I was hurting knowing it.
My hand moved on its own toward the ring Cassian had given me.
Right then, Alpha King Hugo’s voice cut through the room, sharp and irritated.
“I see you’ve
